THEMATIC Panels onIslam and Politics, Genocide and Mass Killing, Ethnic Violence,Religion, Language Politics, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Autonomy,Gender and Identity, EU Integration, NATO Expansion, Diaspora andTransnational Networks, International Law and Tribunals, PoliticalEconomy and the Nation, History and Nation-Building, and many more...

SCREENING of New DocumentariesSPECIAL ROUNDTABLES on New BooksAWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers

SPECIAL EVENTS sponsored by the ASN Journal Nationalities Papers

The ASN Convention, the most attended international andinter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposalson a wide range of topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnicconflict and national identity in Central Europe, the Balkans, theformer Soviet Union, the Caucasus, the Turkic world, and CentralEurasia. The Convention also invites proposals devoted to comparativeperspectives on nationalism-related issues in other regions of theworld, as well as theoretical approaches that need not be grounded inany particular geographic region. Disciplines represented includepolitical science, history, anthropology, sociology, internationalstudies, security studies, area studies, economics, geography andgeopolitics, sociolinguistics, literature, psychology, and relatedfieldsThe Convention is inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or specialpresentation proposals for three special thematic sidebars: *"History,Politics and Memory," on the construction and contestation ofthe memory of historical events in sites, political discourse andhistorical research;*"Interpretive and Cognitive Approaches in Ethnography," on the richnessand breadth of findings in the increasingly popular contextual approachto the study of nationalism and ethnicity;*"The Resurgence of Russia: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications,"on the transformation in the discourse, policies and practices of theRussia internally and externally.

To celebrate the re-launch of Nationalities Papers, the openingreception of the convention will be hosted by Nationalities Papers atwhich occasion the re-launched journal will be introduced by theeditorial team. During the convention, Nationalities Papers will hostthe first Nationalities Debate, a high profile discussion on the stateof the art, which will be subsequently featured in the journal.Since 2005, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in graduatestudies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers infive sections: Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Central Asia/Eurasia, CentralEurope, Balkans, and Nationalism Studies. The winners at the 2009Convention were Sofia Sebastian (LSE, UK) for the Balkans, JennieSchulze (George Washington U, US) for Central Europe, Erik Scott (UCBerkeley, US) for Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Fredrik Sjoberg (Harvard U,US/Uppsala U, Sweden) and Barbara Junisbai (Indiana U, US) for CentralEurasia, and Laia Balcells (Yale U, US) for Nationalism Studies.Doctoral student applicants whose proposals are accepted for the 2010Convention, who will not have defended their dissertation by 1 November2009, and whose papers are delivered by the deadline, will automaticallybe considered for the awards.

The 2010 Convention is, moreover, inviting submissions for documentariesmade within the past few years and available in DVD format (either NTSCor PAL). Most films selected for the convention will be screened duringregular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion moderated by anacademic expert. Films on the 2009 Program included The SingingRevolution (US, 2008), Holodomor (Hungary, 2008), Shadow of the HolyBook (Finland, 2008), The Lost Colony (Netherlands, 2008) and CitizensK: The "K" Twins (France, 2007).

The 2010 Convention invites proposals for INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or PANELS. Apanel includes a chair, three or four presentations based on writtenpapers, and a discussant. Proposals using an innovative format areencouraged. A popular new format is a roundtable on a new book, in whichthe author is being engaged by three discussants - ten book panels werefeatured in the 2009 Convention. Other innovative formats in proposalsare encouraged.

The 2010 Convention is also welcoming offers to serve as DISCUSSANT on apanel to be created by the Program Committee from individual paperproposals. The application to be considered as discussant can beself-standing, or accompanied by an individual paper proposal.

There is NO APPLICATION FORM to fill out in order to send proposals tothe convention, BUT A FACT SHEET IS REQUIRED; TO BE DOWNLOADED ATwww.nationalities.org. All proposals and fact sheets must be sent byemail to Dominique Arel at both darel@uottawa.ca anddarelasn2010@gmail.com.INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS must include the name, email and affiliationof the author, a postal address for paper mail, the title of the paper,a 500-word abstract and a 100-word biographical statement that mentionsa recent or forthcoming publication, if applicable, with allbibliographical information, and with the title appearing in theoriginal language of publication [with a translation in brackets]. LongCVs will be rejected, as the bio statement must be sent in narrativeform, like a paragraph. Graduate students must indicate the title oftheir dissertation and year of projected defense. They can also submitthe bibliographic information of a recent or forthcoming publication.

PANEL PROPOSALS must include the title of the panel, a chair, three orfour paper-givers with the title of their papers, and a discussant; thename, affiliation, email, and 100-word biographical statements of eachparticipant and include full bibliographic information of a recent orforthcoming publication, if applicable. Long CVs will be rejected, asthe bio statement must be sent in narrative form, like a paragraph.Graduate students must indicate the title of their dissertation, theyear they joined a doctoral program and the year of projected defense. A500-word abstract of each paper is not required for panel proposals.

PROPOSALS FOR FILMS OR VIDEOS must include the name, email andaffiliation of the author, the title of the film, name of director,country and year of production, a 500-word abstract of the theme of thefilm and a 100-word biographical statement.

PROPOSALS USING AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT must include the title of thepanel, the names, emails, affiliations, postal addresses, 100-wordbiographical statements of each participant (same specifications asabove) and a discussion on the proposed format.INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS TO SERVE AS DISCUSSANT must include the name,email, affiliation, a paragraph about the areas of expertise of theproposed discussant, and a 100-word biographical statement (samespecifications as above).

All proposals must be included IN THE BODY OF A SINGLE EMAIL, except forthe FACT SHEET that must be attached. Attachments other than the FactSheet will be accepted only if they repeat the content of the emailmessage/proposal, and if all the information is contained IN A SINGLEATTACHMENT, except for the Fact Sheet. The receipt of all proposals willbe acknowledged electronically (with some delay during deadline week,due to the high volume of proposals).

Participants are responsible for covering all travel and accommodationcosts. Unfortunately, ASN has no funding available for panelists.

An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the selectionof proposals. Applicants will be notified in December 2009 or January2010. Information regarding registration costs and other logisticalquestions will be communicated afterwards.The full list of panels from last year's convention can be accessed athttp://www.nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2009_final_program.pdfThe film lineup of last year's convention can be accessed athttp://www.nationalities.org/convention/films.aspThe programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also onlineat http://www.nationalities.org/convention/past.aspSeveral dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/oradvertised in the Convention Program in past years. Due toconsiderations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged toplace their order early. For information, please contact ConventionExecutive Director Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12@columbia.edu).We look forward to receiving your proposal!The Convention Organizing Committee:Dominique Arel, ASN PresidentGordon N. Bardos, Executive DirectorSherrill Stroschein, Program ChairFlorian Bieber, Zsuzsa Csergo, Dmitry Gorenburg, and Vejas Liulevicius,ASN Executive CommitteeDeadline for proposals: 4 November 2009 (to be sent to bothdarel@uottawa.ca AND darelasn2010@gmail.com)The ASN Convention's headquarters are located at the:HarrimanInstitute Columbia University1216 IAB420 W. 118th St.New York, NY 10027212 854 8487 tel212 666 3481 faxgnb12@columbia.edu =================== Dear Colleagues,We invite you to visit the site of our most recent project, an onlineconcordance to the complete oeuvre of Hryhorii Skovoroda,which might be of interest to specialists of the eighteenth century:

To view the slides with the autographs (and manuscript copies) on thepage ONLINE TEXTS, you will need Flash Player in your browser, whichmost computers have nowadays. Just in case you do not, you maydownload it fromhttp://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/We are still working on the site's aesthetic appearance and aUkrainian version, both of which should be ready by the end ofSeptember.We invite your suggestions and recommendations. These may be sent tothe Guest Book or directly to me:natalia.pylypiuk@ualberta.ca

Participants are invited to submit paper proposals presenting originalresearch on any topic related to the theme of the conference. The proposalshould take the form of an abstract of no more than 200 words, and shouldbe submitted electronically (along with contact details) to the conferencesecretary: Jonathan Jong <jonathan@psy.otago.ac.nz> by 15 December 2009.

Crossings provides a space for debate on the important nexus ofmigration and culture from diverse global and local perspectives,with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary methodologies. Thejournal is concerned with questions of displacement, mobility,diaspora, cultural memory, and the negotiation of cultural identityand cultural representation in global and local contexts of migrationfrom the mid twentieth century to the present day.

Contributions are sought from academics working in Migration Studies,Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography, Media Studies, Philosophy,Politics, Film Studies, Oral History and Ethnography, ModernLanguages and Literatures, as well as from cultural practitionerssuch as filmmakers, photographers, musicians, curators, writers andscriptwriters who work on or around the topic of migration. Inaddition to refereed articles, Crossings also welcomes reviewarticles of films, music, photography, exhibitions or books onmigration-related topics, as well as interviews with culturalpractitioners who focus on migration-related topics and oralhistories of migrant cultural experiences.

The deadline for submissions is DECEMBER 1st 2009. All submissionsshould be sent electronically to the Principal Editor, ProfessorParvati Nair.

A 3rd workshop in the series on Religion & Climate Change will - inassociation with the European Forum for the Study of Religion and theEnvironment - be arranged by Dr. D. Gerten (Potsdam Institute forClimate Impact Research), Prof. Dr. S. Bergmann (Norwegian Universityof Science and Technology), and Prof. Dr. K. Ott (University ofGreifswald).cf. <http://www.hf.ntnu.no/relnateur/index.php?lenke=ridecc.php>The number of participants is strictly limited; the results will beavailable at the EFSRE website and as a publication.Please notice also the (forthcoming) publication after the 1st and 2nd workshop:<http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/sire>Contact: <gerten@pik-potsdam.de>